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Kuria loses bid to gag media in hate speech trial [News Bulletin]

2019-01-23 0 Dailymotion

Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria on Monday lost bid to stop the media from covering the hate speech case he is facing.<br />Senior Principal Magistrate Teresia Nyangena said Kuria had not demonstrated by way of an affidavit that there was injury caused by the media.<br /><br />She said a formal application demonstrating how the media had tried and convicted him should have been done to support his claims.<br /><br />The magistrate further clarified that courts do not rely on evidence carried on media to make judicial determinations.<br /><br />It was for that reason that Nyangena emphasised that Kuria was innocent until a guilty or innocent verdict is made.

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